BILL NUMBER: ACR 172	CHAPTERED  09/05/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   125
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 5, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 24, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Havice
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner, Ashburn,
Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Briggs, Calderon, Campbell, Cardenas,
Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Ducheny,
Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Gallegos, Granlund, Hertzberg, Honda,
Jackson, Keeley, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Lowenthal, Machado,
Maddox, Maldonado, Mazzoni, Migden, Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Robert
Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero, Runner, Scott,
Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson, Thomson,
Torlakson, Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman, and
Zettel)

                        AUGUST 7, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 172--Relative to Walk to School
Day 2000.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 172, Havice.  Schools:  pedestrian safety.
   This measure would designate October 4, 2000, as Walk to School
Day 2000 and would encourage all Californians to actively participate
and promote pedestrian safety, education, and a healthy lifestyle.




   WHEREAS, On October 6, 1999, California held its first statewide
Walk a Child to School Day and thousands of students, parents, and
school officials walked to school; and
   WHEREAS, The event provided all those involved an opportunity to
promote a healthier lifestyle, safer streets, stronger communities,
and cleaner air; and
   WHEREAS, The goals of this event are to motivate adults to leave
their cars at home whenever possible, encourage children and parents
to spend quality time together, as well as teaching children proper
pedestrian behavior and street crossing; and
   WHEREAS, An organized event highlighting walking to school, may
also call attention to those areas of the community that are
inaccessible to pedestrian or bicycle traffic, in need of repair, or
dangerous to the point that measures must be taken to assure the
safety of children traveling those roads or walkways; and
   WHEREAS, The California Highway Patrol reported over 15,000
pedestrians injured or killed in 1998; and
   WHEREAS, Currently nine countries: the United States, Canada,
Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Cyprus,
and Gibraltar are participating in this annual event; and
   WHEREAS, California, having one of the highest automobile to
person ratios, in addition to rapidly becoming one of the most
congested states in the nation, should take the lead in promoting
pedestrian safety, cleaner air standards, and encourage the citizens
of California to participate in this important event and take one day
of their busy lives to walk a child to school; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature does hereby designate
October 4, 2000, as Walk to School Day 2000, and encourages all
Californians to actively participate and promote pedestrian safety,
education, and a healthy lifestyle; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and
transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate
distribution.
